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Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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COIN COUNTING MACHINE.

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IRA D. FULLER, F VONA, CLORADO.

CN-CUNTING MACHNE.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Aug. i, i916.

Application led August 11, 1914. Serial No. 856,275.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA D. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, Aresiding at Vona, in the county of Kit Carson and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Counting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a coin counting machine, and has for its object to provide a device of this character including a plurality of holders for holding coins of various denominations, and means for ejecting the coins from the several holders and simultaneously recording the money values thereof.

Vv'ith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l represents a top plan view of the counting machine.y Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 4; represents a longitudinal sectional view, on the line l-l of Fig. l. Fig. 5 represents a rear elevation of the dial and Several of the cooperating parts. Fig. 6 represents an enlarged detail View, partly in section of the driving means for the dial and recorder. Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of the parts of the recorder actuating means removed from the machine. Fig. 8 represents a perspective view of one of the coin ej ectors removed from the machine. Fig. 9 repre sents a perspective view of the universal bar removed. Fig. 10 represents an enlarged detail sectional view on the line lO-lO of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 indicates a pair of spaced side walls having a rear wall and top plate G providing a housing and base for the reception of the coin ejecting vand recording mechanisms.. The front end of thehousing is open and a strip 7 is4 secured transversely of and adjacent the forward rendv of the-plate 6 and is provided with a plurality of apertures 8 of various sizes adapted to receive coins of various denominations introduced in the cylindrical chutes 9 seated in the apertures 8. Slots 10 are formed in the top plate 6 or in an intermediate plate placedbetween the top plate and the strip 7 and coin ejectors are slidable longitudinally 1n the slots or recessesy 10. lrlhe ejectors l1 are formed with longitudinal openings l2 receiving screws 13 for guiding and'limiting the movement of the ejectors. Rearwardly and downwardly directed arms 14 are secured to the forward ends of the ejectors ll and the rear extremities thereof are directed downwardly, as indicated at l5, a linger 1G being secured to each arm la and connected with a spring 17 to normally rc tain the ejectors in forwardly extended position. A shaft 18 is rotatably mountedin the side walls 5 below the plate G and is provided with a plurality of arms adapted to successively engage a depending end l5 of the arm le to actuate the ejectors ll and eject coins from the apertures 8 through the openings 2O communicating with said aper tures. The coins ejected from the several apertures drop through suitable openings 2l formed in the plate 6. lnteriorly of the side walls 5 a gear wheel 22 is secured on the end of the shaft 18 and meshes with a gear wheel l23 rotatably mounted in said side wall and carrying an operating crank 24.

A plurality of angular brackets 26 are secured to the top plate 6 rearwardly of the series of openings 2l and slidably receive a plurality of horizontally disposed slide bars 27 pivotally secured at their forward ends to pivoted coin-engaging members 28 provided with adjustable screws 29 adapted to be locked in adjusted position by lock nuts 30. The slide bars 27 are normally retained in forwardly extended position by springs 3l secured at their forward ends to the brackets 26 and at their rear ends to upwardly projecting pins 32 secured adjacent the rear ends of the slide bars 27. The adjustable screws 29 project a distance downwardly from the lower face of the pivoted members 28 and are adapted to slide upon the inclined face 33 of a forwardly projecting part of each of the brackets 26 to automatically lift the pivcted member 28 outof engagement with the coin ejected through the opening 20 subsequently to an operation of the registering mechanism, as will be hereinafter clearly described.

A shaft 34 disposed longitudinally of the machine is rotatably supported in bearing members 35 secured to the plate G. A wheel 36 is keyed onothe front end of the shaft 34 and is formed with a peripheral channel 37 the walls of which are formed with a plurality of openings slidably receiving pins 38 retained against accidental movement by bands of elastic material disposed in the channel 37 and engaging the medial portions of the pins. One edge of the wheel 36 is formed with ratchet teeth adapted to cooperate with a spring pawl 39 to prevent the rotation of the wheel in one direction. There are one hundred of the pins 38 in the wheel corresponding to the number of cents in one dollar. rIhe shaft 34 is rotated durino' the operation of the counting machine 'by a belt or the like 46 extending over a pulley 41 on the shaft 34, idler pulleys 42 on the intermediate shaft 43 and the large pulley 44 keyed on the front shaft 18.

A registering mechanism 47 is secured adjacent the rear end of the plate 6 and is provided with an outwardly directed arm 48 normally retained in loweredposition by a spring 49 and carrying at its free extremity a pivoted member 50 engaging the face of a scroll shaped cam 51 keyed on the shaft 34 and having a radial face 52. At each rotation of the shaft 34 the arm 48 is lifted by the cam 51 and drawn downwardly by the spring 49 when the pivoted member passes the radial face 52 of said cam, thus actuating the registering mechanism 47 to register one unit or dollar Vrepresenting the amount ejected from Ythe counting machine by the i' operation of the crank'handle 24. A rock shaft 53 is pivotally supported below the plate-6 and carries adjacent its opposite extremities upstanding arms 54 and 55. arm 55 is provided with an angularly directed end 56 disposed horizontally and normally retainedin close relation with the rear face of the wheel 36 by the tension of a spring 57 connected at one end with the plate 6 and at the opposite end with the outer arm 54 carried by the shaft 53. The arm 54 is provided with an angularly directed end disposed in a horizontal plane and provided with an adjustable screw 58 that engages against the end of a slide bar 27a extended a distance rearwardly of the slide bars 27 and constituting a part of the coin operated mechanism operable by coins of the denomination of one dollar.

The large opening 8 at the left end of the strip 7 is adapted to receive one dollar pieces, the next opening being adapted to receive fifty cent pieces7 the next twenty-five cent pieces, ythe next ten cent pieces, the next live cent pieces and the end or last o .ening being adapted to receive pennies. *or convenience, the value of the coin adapted to be placed Yin the various openings in the strip is marked on the latter adjacent each opening. Each of the slide bars. 27 is provided with an angularly directed rear end The y 59 in which are longitudinally adjustable pins 60. The pins 60 carried by the slide bars 27 are adapted to engage and push the pins 38 of the wheel 36 rearwardly to project a distance rearwardly of the rear face of the wheel, whereby the rearwardly projecting end of the pin 38 will strike the angularly directed end 56 of the arm 55 during the rotation of the wheel. The pins 60 carried by the slide bars 27 associated with the penny opening 8 in the strip 7 is arranged so as to push the pin 38 in the wheel 36 adjacent the pin opposite the angularly directed end or abutment 56, while the slide bar 27 associated with the five cent piece receiving opening 8 is'provided with a pin so arranged as to engage a pin 38 in the wheel fifth in advance of the abutment 56. The pin 60 associated with the. slide bar actuated by ten cent pieces engages the tenth pin 3.8 in advance of the abutment 56, the pin 60 operated by the ejection of a twenty-five cent piece being adapted to engage the twenty-fifth pin 38 in advance of the abutment, while the pin 60 operable by fifty cent pieces is adapted to engage a pin 38 of the wheel diametrically opposite the abutment 56 or fifty pins in advance of said abutment.

A universal bar 62 is 'pivot-ally mounted at 63 on the plate 6, extends transversely of the latter and is normally retained in forwardly inclined position by a spring 64. The bar 62 ,is normally engaged against the pins 32 carried by the bars 27 and is adapted to be actuated by the'latter when said bars 27 are moved rearwardly by a coin. One end of the bar 62 is connected with the corresponding endof a lever 65 by a link 66, and the lever 65 is pivotally secured at 67 to one of the end supports 35. Thefree extremity of the lever 65 terminates adjacent the rear face of the wheel 36 and is normally retained in spaced relation thereto.

As clearly shown in Fig. 5 the free extremity of the lever 65 terminates directly beneath the abutment 56, thereby when the lever is rocked by an operation of the universal bar 62 its free end will move inwardly toward the wheel 36 and push the pin 38, which is in engagement with the abutment 56, forwardly to normal position.

The coins to be counted are placed in the chutes 9 and the hand lever 24 is rotated manually or otherwise to operate the several ej ectors 11 and the wheel 36, which latter, as will be understood, is driven by the belt or the like 40. Owing tothe arrangement of,

the arms 19 on the shaft 18the'several ej ectors are operated intermittently and successively and during their rearward movement against the tension of the springs 17, the

lowermost coins seated within the openings 8 are pushed lrearwardly through the openings 20 and against the forward ends of the pivoted members 28. The members 28 and the slide bars 27 are moved a distance rearwardly when the adjustable screws 29 engage the inclined faces of the brackets 26 and cause the pivoted members to move upwardly out of engagement with the coin, permitting the latter to fall downwardly through the opening 2O and into the bottom of the housing. lt will be understood that the membes 28 are only operable by a coin as the ejectors 1l are not suiliciently long to engage the forward ends of said pivoted members QS. The first coin ejected by either of the four right hand ejectors ll carries the pivoted member 28 and the slide bar 27 associated therewith rearwardly pushing one of the pins 88 in the wheel 36 rearwardly of the latter by the engagement of the pin 60 therewith. The wheel 3G rotates until the unseated or rearwardly projecting pin 38 strilres against the abutment 56, thus locking the wheel against further rotation until the partially ejected pin 3S is moved to normal position by the free end of the lever 65 operated by the second ejected coin engaged with one of the pivoted members 28 and operating the universal bar 62 through the sliding bar 27, and the pin 32 and rocking the lever 55 through the link 6G, as will be understood. rlhe ejection of a one dollar' piece from the larO'est openingS in the strip 7 causes the sliding bar 27 to be moved rearwardly, rocking the rock shaft 53 through the arm 5l and causing the outer arm 55 and the abutment 56 thereof to be moved rearwardly. ln its rearward position, the abutment 56 is removed from the path of the partially ejected pins 38, andthe shaft Se is rotated a complete revolution before the abutment 56 is moved to its normal position by the tension of the spring 57, subsequently to the ejection of the pins 38. rlhe cani 5l is intermittently rotated on the shaft 34k with the wheel 36, moving the arm i8 of the register upwardly and permitting it to be moved downwardly under the influence of the spring 49, thus adding the total value of the coins ejected during the operation of the machine.

Having thus described the invention what l claim, is

l. ln combination, a. support, an ejector on said support, a registering mechanism on said support, operating means for said registering mechanism including a pivoted member operable by a coin ejected by said ejector, and means for automatically raising said pivoted member from engagement with the coin.

2. ln combination, a support, coin ejectors operably mounted on said support, a registering mechanism on said support, operating means for said registering mechanism including a plurality of pivoted members adapted to be engaged by coins ejected by said ejectors, and adjustable means for automatically disengaging said pivoted members from said coins.

3. In combination, a support, coin ejectors operably mounted on said support, a registering mechanism on said support, operating means for said registering mechanism including a plurality of pivoted members adapted to be engaged by coins ejected by said ejectors, and adjustable means automatically disengaging said pivoted members from said coins including inclined surfaces on said sup mrt, and .screws fitted in said pivoted members slidable upon said inclined surfaces.

4. In combination, a support, a plurality of coin ejectors operably mounted on said.

support, a registering mechanism on said support, operating means for said register-- ing mechanism including a rotatable shaft, a wheel on said shaft, and means for loclring said wheel against rotation, means operable by the coins ejected by said ejectors to actuate said locking means, and means operable by said coin actuated means for releasing said wheel.

5. In combination, a support, a plurality of coin ejectors operably mounted on said support, driving means for said coin ejec-- tors, a registering mechanism on said support, operable connections between said coin ejectors and said registering mechanism, operating means for said registering mechanism including a rotatable shaft, a wheel on said shaft, a plurality of pins slidably mounted in said wheel, an abutment secured adjacent said wheel adapted to be engaged by said pins to lock said wheel against rotation, and means operable by the coins ejected by said ejectors for moving said pins to norma-l position to release said wheels.

6. ln a coin counting machine, a support, a plurality of coin ej ectors operably mounted upon said support, a registering mechanism on said support, means for simultaneously operating said coin ejectors and said registering mechanism, a wheel connected with said registering mechanism, a 'stop member associated with said wheel, means controlled by the coins ejected by certain of the ejectors for locking said wheel and registering mechanism against operation, and means operable by coins ejected by other of 'the ejectors for moving said stop member out of operative position.

7. A coin counting machine including a support, a plurality of coin ejectors operably mounted upon said support, a registering mechanism on said support, means for simultaneously operating said coin ejectors and said registering mechanism, a wheel connected with said registering mechanism, a stop member associated with said wheel, means operable by certain of the ejectors adapted to engage said stop member to lock said Wheel against rotational movement at predetermined points, and means controlled by the last-mentioned ejectors for moving said locking means to inoperative position and including a universal bar pivotally supported upon said supports.

8. ln a coin counting machine, a support, a plurality oi coin ejectors operably mounted upon said support, a registering mechanism on said support, means for simultaneously operating said coin ejectors and said registering mechanism, a Wheel connected with said registering mechanism, means'operable by coins ejected by said ejectors for locking said Wheel and registering mechanism against operation, and means controlled by said locking means for releasing said Wheel and including a pivoted stop member associated with the Wheel and a uni- -versal' bar connected with said stop member and operable by said locking means.

9. In a coin counting machine, a support, a plurality of coin ej ectors operably mounted upon said support, a registering mechanism on said support, a Wheel connected With said registering mechanism, a plurality of' stop members slidably mounted in said Wheel, means controlled by the coins ejected by said ejectors for actuating said slidable stop members, a pivoted stop member adapted to coperate with said slidable stop members to lock said Wheel against rotation.

10. ln a coin counting machine, a support, a plurality of coin ej ectors operably mounted upon said support, a registering mechanism on said support, a Wheel connected with said registering mechanism, a plurality of stop members slidably mounted in said Wheel, and means controlled by the coin ejected by certain of said coin ejectors for actuating said slidable stop members,a pivoted stop member adapted to cooperate With the slidable stop members to lock said Wheel against rotational movement, and means operable by coins ejected by another of said coin ejectors for moving said pivoted stop member to inoperative position.

ll. In a coin counting machine, a support, a plurality of coin ej ectors operably mounted upon said support, a registering mechanism on saidsupport, a Wheel connected with said registering mechanism, a plurality of stop members slidably mounted in said Wheel, means controlled by said coins ejected by certain of said coin ejectors for actuating said slidable stop members, a pivoted stop member adapted to cooperate with said slidable stop members to lock saidvvheel against rotational movement, and adjustable means operable by coins ejected by another of said coin ejectors for moving said pivoted stop members to inoperative position.

l'n testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence'of two Witnesses. j

RA D. FULLER. Witnesses:

S. N. HOWELL, JAMES R. MUssnLMAN.

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